Pavarotti in Three Concerts (complete, DVD collection)

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Pavarotti made his stage début at the Teatro Municipale, in the town of Reggio Emilia, in a performance of La Bohème. He had a star-studded cast with him on 29 April 1991 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of that first appearance, and there is plenty to enjoy here. Pavarotti himself sets the adrenalin running by opening with Recondita armonia, and the Tosca duet which follows with Raina Kabaivanska retains the passionate atmosphere. If Mozart’s Là ci darem (Furlanetto and Pace) then falls a little flat, both these artists show their paces later, Patrizia Pace with Enzo Dara in the duet from L’elisir d’amore and Furlanetto in the stirring Lucia di Lammermoor sextet.
One of the slight snags with a concert like this is the outsize personality of Pavarotti himself, but he does not dwarf Piero Cappuccilli in the duet from La forza del destino, or the dark mezzo of Shirley Verrett in the famous Ai nostri monti from Il trovatore. For a final encore the whole cast join in to sing the exhilarating opening scene of La traviata, concluding a very happy occasion.

One does not think of Pavarotti as a recitalist in songs with piano, and here he acknowledges that by including several popular arias, which are very well received by the audience. He is not a Mozartian stylist, but he sings the aria from Così pleasingly enough; but one of the highlights of the programme is a warm-hearted M’appari from Flotow’s Martha. Predictably at home in Bellini and Rossini, Pavarotti then surprises with his imaginative response to the three well-chosen Respighi items, especially the engaging Pioggia. Sibella’s La Girometta (the name of a young girl) is another hit with the audience. On the whole this is enjoyable because of the strength of Pavarotti’s personality and the way he conveys his enjoyment. Needless to say James Levine accompanies flawlessly. But many items are short and the vociferous applause becomes a problem. In the bonus section ‘Pavarotti and the Italian Tenor’, he talks and illustrates the background of singing in Italy and then introduces some of his celebrity predecessors with the help of old movie clips and photos, and the silent film of Caruso miming the Prologue to Pagliacci to his 78-r.p.m. record is rather effective.

Pavarotti gave his concert in New York’s Central Park in 1993 to an audience of half a million people. He is well up to form in the usual favourites and, as always, has a few novelties, with the popular numbers featuring the excellent Harlem Boys’ Choir. Interestingly, he repeats some of the successes of his New York recital, notably Sibella’s La Girometta, Denza’s Occhi di fata and Mascagni’s Serenata, and his encores include Pourquoi me réveiller from Massenet’s Werther and Di Capua’s O sole mio, besides the usual three Puccini arias, Recondita Armonia, E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) and of course Nessun dorma, which he can sing marvellously ten times out of ten.

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